Conveying and packing table



Oct. 20, 1925. 1,558,014

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536mm MW Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. JAENICKE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO MILLER SEARLES, INCORPORATED, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALYFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

CONVEYING AND PACKING TABLE.

Application filed July 17, 1923. Serial No. 652,098.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. JAENIOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Conveying and Packing Tabio, of which the followingisa specificar tion in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a conveying and packing table used for the purpose of handling fruit or other objects where the objects are delivered to the packers in boxes or crates to be sorted and packed in other boxes, crates, or baskets.

An object of the invention is to provide a table which will have suflicient clear space to provide ample room for the workers as well as room for the inspectors to walk around and examine the work of the packers;

taken 01f the main conveyer in such a way as to make the handlihg of the boxes easy for female help, since women are largely employed in the packing houses.

Another object of this invention is to so arrange the conveyer table system with respect to the cull and empty box conveyer that there will be space to drop down an empty box to the empty box conveyer at any point along the conveyer line, no obstructions being placed along the conveyer line where the boxes are to be dropped down.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings in which the same refer-.

ence numeral is applied to the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is an end view of the complete. apparatus,

of the roller supporting frames.

- Figure 2 is-a sectional view of the appa- It will be understood by those'skilled in the art that while this apparatus is shown with space for the operatives at both sides of the conveyer that the same ideas may be carried out with a table having space for the operatlves on one side only.

.The apparatus. consists of a main conveyer section A, packing-stands B, B, and the outside conveyers C, C. The main con veyer A consists of a plurality of vertical posts 1,2 which are connected by a series of braces 3 extending transversely of the frames thus produced, and which frames are additionally secured together by means of the transverse horizontal members 4.- and 5.

The member 5 is duplicated at each post and extends far enough on both sides of the main conveyer frame to support .two series of roller frames as will be presently explained.

.The several series of frames -thus,prodliced are joinedv together by longitudinally extending angle bars 6 to 9 inclusive. Bumper angles 8' and 9' prevent the packages from moving off the side of the return cpnveyer.

The rollers 10 are mounted on pivots 11 in holes in the plates 12 and-13, which plates are in turn securedtogether by means of the two U shaped cross members 14 and let. These roller frames are all duplicates of one another in sets of three or five rollers as the case may be. These roller framesare .then simply secured in position on the table frames as may be required and. in such number as any given table may make necessary. The roller frames of the table A are secured in the frame with one End lower than the other in order to cause. the separation of the boxes 'on the rollers, thereby aiding the girls at the sorting tables in pulling out a fresh box whenever they have finished the boxes they may be working on. The

laterally extending rollerframes of the main table A have only three rollers each and they are placed level in order to prevent the box from sliding off when it IS pulled out of the main line of boxes.

The stands or work tables B and B are connected to the main frame A by means of cross members at such intervals as may be necessary to provide adequate support for the roller frames 17 and 18 and said rollers are set at an incline so the empty boxes and filled boxes of culls will return to the sending end of the table by gravity. The frames B and B are each made up of a series of four posts19 and 22 inclusive connected by the two horizontal members 23 and 24 and suitably braced at 25, there also being the horizontal braces 26 and 27 to hold the frames square. All of the means of a long angle bar 28 which is placed just a little below the level of the top of the rollers in the laterally extending frames so that when the boxes are taken off the main conveyer and pulled into a position to have fruit removed therefrom that the j box will be inclined enough to allow the fruit .to .work down into one end thereby aiding the operative in packing the fruit.

The frames B and B are long enough to receive two boxes so theoperative can pack firsts .and seconds at one time, if that is desired. Under each packing stand there is a set of rollers 30 placed at the same elevation as that immediate part of the conveyer system for the returned empty boxes,

two conveyer systems C and C, said systive.

tems being supported from the floor of the building in which the conveyor is installed, in order to allow space for a, walkway between that conveyer and the packingstands to permit the inspector to pass through and examine the packing done by each opera The conveyer C comprises a series of posts 31 and 32 connected by means of the cross braces 33, 34 and 35. The lower braces form thev support for the roller frames 36, while the cross members 34 and 35 form the support for a series of longitudinally extending bars and angles 37 to 44 inclusive, said bars forming a chute for the incoming empty boxes! The frame is also provided with suitable diagonal bracmg. I

' When the operative has filled the box of fruit or other material it is slid along the lift the supporting bars 47 and48 whenever there is no load on them to the position shown in Figure 1 to allow the operative to pass through. The bars 47 and 48 are placed at just the right level to allow the fully packed box to he slid from the packing position over onto the rollers of the conveyer (1 without lifting and as the rollers of the conveyers C and C are set at an incline the filled boxes of fruit will pass down the incline to the operatives who close them.

In operation the apparatus works as follows: An operative is stationed at the place where the boxes of material are delivered and he then places the filled boxes on the inclined rollers of the conveyor A, and 1 ,pushes the box out of reach, he then places frames are then connected together byanother box on said rollers and with the aid of the-second box pushes the first box Y along. This is continued as long as there is roonron the rollers for the filled boxes. The sorters working at the side of the conveyer A pull off as many boxes as they may require to work with and proceed with the packing of the objects in the empty boxes at hand. The clean, bright and sound objects only are. packed while all the culls are dropped into a box on one of the stands 30, from which stand that box is afterward pushed onto the conveyer 17 or 18, as the case may be to be returned to the sending end of the conveyer system. When'the operative has filled a box the raised rails 47 and 48 will be lowered and the box will be pushed over onto the conveyer 36. The empty boxes are from time to time pushed down the upper two chutes of thestand C and are removed therefrom as needed by the packers.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. An apparatus as described comprising a conveyer table, several series of substantially horizontal rollers at the side Offbeconveyer, a packing stand with a clear space at the ends and on both sides of its upper portion spaced from each set of rollers, an angle bar. connecting the packing stands and formiiig a support for filled boxes in conjunction with one'of the rollers at the side of the conveyer, a roller support for a cull receiving box under each packing stand and a roller conveyor below the side box supporting rollers, the clear space at the end of the stand allowing the boxes to be dropped -down directly on the lower conveyor. 2. An apparatus as described comprising a conveyer table having a series of inclined rollers in sets, a series of sets of horizontal rollers at the sides of the conveyer, several packing stands adjacent the latterfrollers having a clear space at their sidesand ends, an angle bar connecting said stands and forming with one of the latter rollers a support for filled boxes, a discharge conveyer at the side of the packing stands, and a pivoted gate on each stand to allow the filled boxes to be moved from the packing stands to the discharge conveyer without being lifted.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a conveyer table having series of rollers in inclined sets, several series of horizontal rollers at the sides of the first rollers, packing stands having a clear space at their sides and ends at one side of the conveyer, an angle bar connecting the packing stands placed below the level of the second set of rollers whereby loaded boxes may be placed on a roller and on said angle bar in an inclined position, and a return conveyer placed in a position to receive the empty boxes when dropped between the angle bar and the sets of horizontal rollers.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprising a conveyer table having several sets of inclined rollers, several sets of horizontal rollers at the side of the first rollers,

packing stands having clear spaces at their sides and ends and extending longitudinally away from the horizontal rollers, an angle bar on said stands tosupport one end of a box the other end being supported on one of the rollers at a-hi'gher elevation, a returnconveyer under the latter rollers, a loaded box conveyer near the packing tables, and

'means on each packing table to bridge the space between said table and the loaded box conve er to allow the loaded boxes to be transferred to the conveyor without lifting them.

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising a conveyer table having a series of inclined rollers in sets, a series of horizontal rollers at the side of conveyer to support a plurality of boxes, a series of packing stands adjacent the conveyer, a return con veyer under the horizontal rollers, a bar to support the boxes in a convenient position for taking the objects therefrom for packing, a loaded box conveyer at the ends of the packing stands the supports therefor having an empty box chute, and a-pivoted support to transfer the loaded boxes from a clear space at sides and ends adjacent the:

sets of overhangingrollers, means on the packing tables tosupport one end of a box with one of the side rollers at each packing table, and a return conveyer under the over-, hanging sets of rollers, the space thereover being clear of braces to allow boxes to be placed on the return conveyer at any point. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12" day of July A. D; 1925.v ,WILLIAM H. JAENICKE. 

